སེར་སྐྱའི་གྲོང་། | Glossary of Terms

The Śākya capital, where Siddhārtha Gautama was raised.

The city of the Śākyans.

The Buddha’s hometown. Also translated elsewhere as ser skya’i grong.

The city where Śākyamuni grew up as a prince.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, where Prince Siddhārtha grew up, located in the foothills of the Himalayas. At present, there are two archeological sites, one on either side of the present border between Nepal and India, that have been identified as its remains.

A town.

The hometown of Śākyamuni Buddha. There are two sites, one on either side of the present border between Nepal and India, that have been identified as its remains. Also known as “Kapilāhvaya.”

The Buddha’s home town.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, the city where the Buddha Śākyamuni spent his youth. At present, there are two archeological sites, one on either side of the present border between Nepal and India, that have been identified as its remains.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, where the Buddha had grown up as Prince Siddhārtha.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, where the Buddha grew up.

The city in which Buddha Śākyamuni was born, located in present day southern Nepal.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, which is where the Bodhisattva (i.e., Siddhārtha Gautama before his awakening) grew up.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, the city where the Buddha Śākyamuni grew up.

The city in the Śākyan kingdom where Gautama Buddha grew up. It is located on the northern side of the Gangetic plain near Lumbini.

An ancient city, capital of the Śākya state, where Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha Śākyamuni) lived until the age of twenty-nine when he renounced worldly life. Later, some years after his awakening, the Buddha returned to Kapilavastu, where his cousins Ānanda and Devadatta, his half-brother Nanda, his barber Upāli, and his son Rāhula joined the monastic community.

The Śākya capital, where the Bodhisattva (i.e., Siddhārtha Gautama before his awakening) grew up.

Near the Himālayas, the city that was home to the Śākya clan into which Buddha Śākyamuni was born.

The city where Śākyamuni was born.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, where the Buddha Śākyamuni grew up.

The capital city of the Śākya kingdom, where the Buddha had grown up as Prince Siddhārtha.

The Śākya capital, where Siddhārtha Gautama was raised.

See “Kapilavastu.”